All cults go through phases of culling the non-believers. Anytime you justify a cult leaders anti-social behavior solely for the benefits you get by keeping the cult going you've begun this process.

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• ExtremeDullard@piefed.social ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  A lot of them end up culling the believers too in the end.

  That should be concerning to MAGA.

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  • frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That’s not super common. Heaven’s Gate type cults get a lot of headlines when they do, but they tend to be the exception.

    Most cults either disperse almost immediately when their central leader dies or goes to jail (Onedia cult), or they fail to keep up with the long term turnover and fade away (Shakers).

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  • aramis87@fedia.io ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    A lot of them end up culling the believers too in the end.

    Robespierre was killed by the Revolution.

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  • Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Its not only MAGA, though.

    Its been so discouraging watching what happened with Hasan (twitch streamer). Hasan is blatantly abusing his dog on stream solely to bolster his image. Everything related to the event has been swept under the rug and the will continue on.

    In the future Hasan viewers will accept that a little bit of dog abuse is acceptable because they rather continue following Hasan then accept Hasan is a bad person.

    The frustrating part is people will hand wave Hasans behavior saying, “he can never admit fault because of his ideology.” When it’s really an act of control against his viewers. They allow him to shape their reality and giving him power. It doesnt matter if its Kaya being abused or Hasan stabbed someone in the eye. He will continue to inch his following into full devotion because at a certain people it will become impossible for them to admit they were wrong because that is admitting they enabled an abuser.

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    • Samskara@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The left is full of this kind of purity testing.

      Social media has accelerated the forming of lots of small cults and polarization.

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    • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I don’t know, I saw a YouTube video of a dog trainer who watched the video and basically said Hasan wasn’t likely to be abusing his dog, at least based off the specific video in question.

      I’m not a fan of Hasan. I agree with a lot of what he has to say in regards to political matters, but I’m just not into the drama that surrounds debate bro culture in which he is a major figure.

      That said, this issue with his dog is potentially a smear campaign, and there seems to be at least some credible evidence to suggest it is.

      Here is the dog trainer in question. He claims to not have any political or social affiliation with Hasan, which I take at face value, but you can ascertain for yourself whether or not to believe him or not.

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• frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Failures in prophecy often serve this purpose. Many do fall away, but those who remain will be even more devoted to the cult.

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• Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Kinda what happened in the British Conservative and Unionist Party until they lost the 2024 election

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